Energy Exports Conference, EEC2022, Starts in Aberdeen Today
Speakers include key project decision-makers and government officials travelling from across the globe to present their supply chain needs at the flagship event.
Aberdeen, 14 June 2022 – The Energy Exports Conference 2022 (#EEC2022) kicked off in Aberdeen today, bringing in-depth discussions around global export opportunities for the energy industry, with a heavy focus on clean energy.
The flagship event is hosted by the EIC (Energy Industries Council), one of the world’s leading energy associations, and a host of strategic and organising partners. Speakers and delegates are coming to Aberdeen from multiple African states, Azerbaijan, India, German, Malaysia, Norway and the United States, among others.
More than 800 participants, including 70 speakers, will discuss challenges and opportunities experienced by the energy industry as the energy trilemma – transition, security, and affordability – tests strategic minds. #EEC2022 is held in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic and many networking opportunities will be available to participants.
The two-day event will also host an exhibition showcasing the UK’s supply chain capabilities alongside global market intelligence insights and one-to-one meetings with key project decision-makers, internationalisation experts and government officials.
On day one, an African high-level delegation Panel with officials from Cameron, Libya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe will talk about how Africa’s massive natural renewable energy resources that have so far been scarcely tapped could benefit from the deployment of increasingly cheaper renewable energy technologies.
EIC’s Chief Executive Officer, Stuart Broadley, will discuss with Sir Ian Wood, Chairman of the Energy Transition Zone, the future of the energy industry in the North Sea and Scotland’s role as a global energy leader.
“EIC’s job is to help our members, whether UK-based or international, to win business around the globe, to develop exporting capabilities, and diversify from oil and gas,” Stuart Broadley said.
“It’s striking that even in today’s globalised world, most companies involved in the energy supply chain still don’t incorporate entering international markets and expanding into new ones in their business development plans.”
Broadley added: “Our research shows that most companies have consistently failed to take exports into consideration. The sad thing, for UK-based businesses at least, is that they’re missing out on 96% of business opportunities since only 4% of energy projects are in the UK.”
On day two, Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Scottish Government, will discuss challenges wrought by stagflation, geopolitics and Covid-19 and their impact on the energy industry, including clean energy. He will be followed by representatives of Japan’s wind industry who are presenting an overview of the country’s offshore wind market.
#EEC2022’s strategic partners Venterra Group and Wood, and our organising partners are Aberdeen City Council, Decom North Sea, Department for International Trade (DIT), Energy Transition Zone (ETZ), North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), Scottish Development International and UK Export Finance.
For more information about #EEC2022, including the full agenda, please visit: https://www.the-eic.com/Events/EEC2022
Get the conversation going, use the hashtag: #EEC2022
Published: 14-06-2022
